by Bob Logan | Mar 4, 2013 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Coaching
I’ve coached people—including church planters—for pretty much forever now. When all is said and done, here’s what needs to happen in each coaching session: prepare, engage, and act. This cycle is what makes coaching effective. It’s what gets things done: preparing...
by Bob Logan | Apr 4, 2012 | Church Planting, Coaching
I’ve noticed an interesting trend in church planting recently. An increasing number of sending organizations are offering coaching as part of their planter support package.  I’m seeing this across a wide variety of denominations—from Anglican to Vineyard. And why...
by Charles Ridley | Feb 14, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Coaching
It was the best of decisions. It was the worst of decisions. In my last blog, I questioned whether John Mark should be considered a false positive or false negative. Paul and Barnabas disagreed sharply on his fitness to rejoin them in ministry, leading the companions...
by Dave Alford | Feb 8, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Leaders who are effective in the long run have a set of enduring values that guide them. Values are important in all areas of leadership, but perhaps are most important in the way leaders utilize the people who follow them. There should be two values that you hold in...
by Charles Ridley | Jan 14, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
To select or not to select? That is the question. Paul and Barnabas struggled over a critical personnel decision—whether or not to allow John Mark to rejoin them in ministry (Acts 15: 36-40). The two companions found themselves in strong disagreement. Barnabas wanted...
